Giedo van der Garde
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| Giedo van der Garde | |
| Nationality |  Dutch |
| Date of Birth | April 25, 1985 |
| Place of Birth | Rhenen, The Netherlands |
| 2008 World Series by Renault | |
| Debut season | 2007 |
| Current team | P1 Motorsport |
| Former teams | Victory Engineering |
| Starts | 20 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 6th in 2007 |
Giedo van der Garde (born April 25, 1985 in Rhenen, The Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Karting
Van der Garde has a successful karting career, winning the Dutch championship in 1998. In Super A he was best rookie in 2001 and world champion in 2002.[1]
[edit] Formula Renault
The following year he joined the Formula Renault 2000 Championship and finished sixth, driving for Dutch team Van Amersfoort Racing. On the strength of his performance he became part of the Renault F1 Driver Development programme.[1]
[edit] Formula Three
He joined the Formula Three Euroseries in 2004 with Signature-Plus but after finishing the year ninth he was dropped by Renault Driver Development. A move to Team Rosberg for 2005 yielded another ninth in the series.[1]
For 2006 he joined the ASM team, which had dominated the season in 2005 with Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Sutil. The team claimed the top two places in the championship once more in 2006 - but it was van der Garde's team mates Paul di Resta and Sebastian Vettel who topped the leader board. The Dutchman ended the year sixth with a single victory.[1] During the year he was easily in the top four fastest drivers, but bad luck and mechanical problems, like not even starting the Bugatti Circuit race from pole because he broke down on the warm-up lap for the race, prevented him from making the mark in figures rather than 'what if's'.
[edit] Formula One
Van der Garde was brought into the McLaren Young Drivers Programme in 2006.
[edit] Super Aguri
On December 15, 2006, van der Garde was confirmed as the Super Aguri Formula One team's test and reserve driver for the 2007 season.[2]
[edit] Spyker F1
On February 1, 2007, van der Garde was unexpectedly announced by Spyker F1 as the team's test and reserve driver.[3] On February 2, 2007 Super Aguri confirmed their belief their existing contract with van der Garde was still in force, stating "Super Aguri F1 Team has a valid contract with Giedo van der Garde to drive for the team in the position of Friday and Test Driver for the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. The contract was submitted by the SAF1 Team to the Contracts Recognition Board on 23rd January 2007."[4]
However, on June 20, 2007 van der Garde tested at Silverstone with Spyker, indicating the contract dispute has been resolved.[5]
Spyker originally intended van der Garde to be the team's Friday driver at the Australian Grand Prix, but he failed to obtain the necessary superlicence from the FIA in time.[1]
[edit] World Series by Renault
On December 17, 2006, van der Garde also announced that he will drive in the World Series by Renault for Victory Engineering, a team that works together with Carlin Motorsport, causing him to say he will work together again with Sebastian Vettel, his ASM teammate.
Giedo had podium positions in mind for the season, but even though he was the most consistent driver, always around 6th or 5th, he didn't win nor reach the podium. He finished the season 6th, 3rd in the Rookie of the year standings. He received several offers for tests in GP2, from teams like DAMS and Arden International. During his first tests, he impressed.
He eventually signed with P1 Motorsport to compete in the 2008 season
In the first race of the 2008 WSR season in Monza, Giedo managed to qualify on pole for the feature race. Due to regulations, he started 8th in the sprint race because of the reverse grid order in the spring race. He came through the field to clinch victory in the sprint race, and easily converted his pole position into a victory in the feature race to show his fine form in the start of the season.
In the second race in Spa-Francorchamps, he narrowly missed out on pole by 0.033 seconds after previously topping the tables at all training sessions. In the sprint race, Julien Jousse collided into him forcing Giedo into retiring from the race. Having qualified second for the feature race, he lost a position at the start. He immediately overtook Mikhail Aleshin on the first lap to regain his position, and later overtook Marco Bonanomi for the lead which he held to the checkered flag.
After winning 3 of the 4 races in the season, he currently leads the championship.
[edit] Career Summary
| Season | Series | Team Name | No. | Races | Poles | Wins | Pts | Final Placing |
| 1998 | Holland Mini Juniors Championship | Team CRG Holland | 1st | |||||
| 2000 | Formula A World Championship | Team CRG Holland | 6th | |||||
| European Formula A Championship | Team CRG Holland | 8th | ||||||
| 2001 | Formula Super A World Championship | Team CRG Holland | 5th | |||||
| 2002 | Formula Super A World Championship | Team CRG Holland | 1st | |||||
| 2003 | Dutch Formula Renault Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 4th | |||||
| Zandvoort Masters Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 2nd | ||||||
| 2004 | Formula 3 Euroseries | Signature-Plus | 2 | 9th | ||||
| 2005 | Formula 3 Euroseries | Team Rosberg | 9th | |||||
| 2006 | Formula 3 Euroseries | ASM | 6th | |||||
| 2007 | World Series by Renault | Victory Engineering | 6th | |||||
| Formula One | Spyker F1 | Test Driver | N/A | |||||
| 2008 | Formula One | Force India | Test Driver | N/A |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Who's Who: Giedo van der Garde. F1Fanatic.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
- ^ "Super Aguri names Van der Garde", Grandprix.com, 2006-12-15. Retrieved on 2006-12-16.
- ^ "Van der Garde leaves Aguri for Spyker", Autosport.com, 2007-02-01. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
- ^ "Super Aguri confirm van der Garde contract", Formula1.com, 2007-02-02. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
- ^ "An interesting tester at Spyker", grandprix.com, 2007-06-25. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- Career details from driverdb.com, retrieved December 16, 2006.
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